Light & Shadow Procreate Crash Course | You Asked!

[@felishiarae332]

I am that person who did shadows with multiply! And I’m here looking for a better way and I so appreciate what you share here, this is so great!

[@Mr.Nimster]

How do you shade without coloring over the outlines? Do I duplicate the outline layer and put it over the shading layer or is there a better way? Thanks in advance.

[@RandallMackey]

I keep my line one layer, and my color on a layer underneath of it. I am painting in all the shading on the color layer. It's an advanced coloring book when you work this way. I do all the line work first. Do a solid fill layer underneath within the lines, then ALPHA LOCK that layer for the remainder of the coloring and rendering. I will typically apply the fancy layers (hardlight/overlay) over both the line layer and the color layer, which I DUPLICATE first, then merge, then CLIPPING MASK those layers over the painted layer. I hope this clarifies! Feel free to ask away, it's why I am here!

[@leo_mars]

@@RandallMackey Thanks for the process.

[@RandallMackey]

​@@leo_mars of course! I am planning a video covering my process more in depth soon!

[@RicardoZambrana]

@@RandallMackey Dude, you just saved my life. No one has ever explained the process as straightforward and as clearly as this humble comment. My deepest gratitude!

[@RandallMackey]

​@@RicardoZambrana this is why we are here! Feel free to join the discord, it's all about leveling up, not me flexing!